North Sea Archaeologies

Name: North Sea Archaeologies
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A Maritime Biography, 10,000 BC - AD 1500

Robert Van de Noort (Professor of Wetland Archaeology, University of Exeter)

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Oxford University Press
31 May 2012

History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Archaeology by period & region

This innovative study offers an up-to-date analysis of the archaeology of the North Sea. Robert Van de Noort traces the way people engaged with the North Sea from the end of the last ice age, around 10,000 BC, to the close of the Middle Ages, about AD 1500. Van de Noort draws upon archaeological research from many countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium and France, and addresses topics which include the first interactions of people with the emerging North Sea, the origin and development of fishing, the creation of coastal landscapes, the importance of islands and archipelagos, the development of seafaring ships and their use by early seafarers and pirates, and the treatments of boats and ships at the end of their useful lives.

By: Robert Van de Noort (Professor of Wetland Archaeology University of Exeter)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780199657087
ISBN 10: 0199657084
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 31 May 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction: the sea is 'good to think' 2: An archaeological theory of the sea 3: The sea as a dynamic and hybrid landscape 4: Fish: exploring the sea as a taskscape 5: Socializing coastal landscapes 6: Archipelagos and islands 7: Moving across the North Sea 8: The daily practice of seafaring: the ship as heterotopia par excellence 9: The cultural biographies of boats 10: Conclusions: a maritime biography

<br>Robert Van de Noort is Professor in Wetland Archaeology at the University of Exeter. He has led the multi-period Humber Wetlands Project and the excavations at the Iron Age 'marsh-fort' at Sutton Common, in Yorkshire.<br>